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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1966
Page
2
A motorist acquitted for not stopping at a sign due to color illegality prompts criticism of legalism. The piece argues laws hamper law enforcement and safety, citing radar and aerial speed timing debates and noting fatality concerns.
Letter from Clyde Hill speaker Kansas House of Representatives praises the Feb 22 1966 editorial Living Off State for informing readers about government functions services and state financing. He urges continued press efforts to educate news writers for complete accurate public information on state government and legislature.
In Leopoldville the Congo, driving is perilous and chaotic. Taxi drivers loot the road with improvised cars, broken signals, and casual disregard for rules. Police are few, corners men bicker with offenders, and speed ranges from 80 mph to barely 20.
Drew Pearson notes LBJ’s mastery of timing and persuasion in winning broad congressional support for Vietnam without a formal declaration. He details Honolulu flight diplomacy, Humphrey diplomacy, White House briefings, and targeted Senate lobbying to secure key votes amid ongoing North Vietnamese pressure and domestic debate.
Residents report early blossoms in a yard near 209 N. 2nd as warm weekend weather boosts park picnics and zoo chatter. Garden City Library hosts an April 22 Author’s Tea featuring Truman Capote, promoting reading and writing amid plans for book signings and a campus stop en route to California.
Supreme Court justice Hugo L Black, at 89, again defies labels as he dissents from part of the Voting Rights Act ruling. Chief Justice Warren wins unity on two sections but Black opposes extending federal scrutiny to new state voting laws, insisting the Constitution does not authorize such control. He cites the Fifteenth Amendment and the Founding text, pledging continued dissent as needed to defend constitutional limits.
New York reports an elaborate 50 million dollar theater complex named Cinema City to be built in midtown Manhattan on the Madison Square Garden site. Irving Felt, MSG Corp chairman, says the project includes twin 39 story office towers, four movie theaters, two legitimate theaters, and film studios. Construction would start after MSG demolition in late 1967. A new sports and convention hall rises atop Penn Station, 16 blocks south.
American astronauts Walter M. Schirra and Frank Borman won the Philippine Legion of Honor with the rank of commander from President Ferdinand Marcos at Malacanang Palace. The ceremony followed a Sunday dinner with the president. A stray line notes there are 83 counties in Michigan.
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